High Performance Learning: How to Become a World-Class School

High Performance Learning (HPL) is a ground-breaking pedagogical model that takes what we know from research about how the most successful learners think and learn; creating schools that deliberately focus on building mastery of the key ‘success’ competencies in every student and in every lesson. It can be used in conjunction with any curriculum and provides a coherent but flexible teaching and learning framework to underpin the curriculum.

The first edition of this bestselling book introduced the HPL model to schools, and leaders in thousands of schools around the world have found that they can achieve amazing results for the entire school community and a more positive yet ambitious culture across the school. This new edition includes the latest learning science research, as well as case studies drawn from numerous schools implementing the HPL model, including practice examples, quotes from leaders, teachers, students and parents as well as robust impact data. Areas covered in this new second edition include:

• Creating world-class schools
• A school culture where everyone can become a high performer
• The High Performance Learning Teaching and Learning Framework
• Developing advanced cognitive performance characteristics (ACPs)
• Building values, attitudes and attributes (VAAs)
• HPL in action: case studies from schools
• Creating and leading an HPL school
• Unleashing students
• The role of parents, universities and employers

This invaluable resource will help schools make the move from good to world-class and will be essential reading for school leaders, teachers and those with an interest in outstanding academic performance.

Deborah Eyre is a leading educational writer and influencer in the area of high performance for schools and individuals. She is a renowned figure in educational innovation and was named one of the 40 Outstanding Global Women in Education of 2024. Founder of High Performance Learning, she works in the UK and globally to help schools combine academic success and student well-being.